Design

I have used Google SketchUp (free version) for the last few years and have found it to be excellent for designing projects like this. All my crates are designed and costed based on these types of drawings.For this project I tried something new in the design…I added the bolts I will use to put it all together.
The picture of the bolts was done by hiding the rest of the crate…it took about 5 seconds to hide the other components.
The finished crate will be 11 feet high, 11 feet dee...